Four short links: 3 October 2016
Deep-Fried Data, Myth History, Shadow Regulation, and Inside an AI Startup
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Four short links: 30 September 2016
Data from Word, Bot Personalities, Secure Hardware, and Launch Checklist
Highlights from Strata + Hadoop World in New York 2016
Watch highlights covering data science, big data, data in the enterprise, and more. From Strata + Hadoop World in New York 2016.
Hadoop in the cloud: A Nielsen use case
Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly and Nielsen Global CTO James Powell discuss the dynamics of Hadoop in the cloud, what to consider at the start of the journey, and how to implement a solution that delivers flexibility and meets enterprise requirements.
Inbox is the Trojan horse of AI
Alistair Croll looks at the sometimes surprising ways that machine learning is insinuating itself into our every day lives.
The tech behind the biggest journalism leak in history
Mar Cabra explains how technology made the Panama Papers investigation possible.
Data science: A view from the White House
DJ Patil and Lynn Overmann offer a look at how data science and open data are put to use by the White House.
From big data to human-level artificial intelligence
What explains the gap between what machines do well and what people do well? And what needs to happen before machines can match the flexibility and power of human cognition?
What should Alexa do?
The success of the Amazon Echo’s speech interface shows there's an opportunity for someone to build a completely new mobile operating system.
Lili Cheng on bot personalities
The O’Reilly Bots Podcast: Group interaction through social computing.
Four short links: 29 September 2016
AI and Anthropology, 3D Screen, Move to New Zealand, and Kano 2
The new dynamics of big data
Mike Olson discusses the new dynamics of big data and how a renewed approach focused on where, who, and why can lead to cutting edge solutions.
U.S. venture: Risk, values, founder outcomes
Susan Woodward discusses venture outcomes—what fraction make lots of money, which just barely return capital, and which fraction fail completely
Transforming health care through precision data science: Myths & facts
Sriram Vishwanath outlines areas where data science can have a significant impact on health care, and dispels myths where data science use contradicts realities within the health care ecosystem.
Four short links: 28 September 2016
Offline First, Machine Translation, Kernel Security, and Javascript Maps
Highlights from the O’Reilly AI Conference in New York 2016
Watch highlights covering artificial intelligence, machine learning, intelligence engineering, and more. From the O'Reilly AI Conference in New York 2016.
Obstacles to progress in AI
Significant progress in AI will require breakthroughs in unsupervised/predictive learning, as well as in reasoning, attention, and episodic memory.
Minds and brains, and the route to smarter machines
Gary Marcus discusses the machine-human connection.